Crop & Resize action

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March 28, 2023
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Hello,

I am trying to create an action that allows me to batch resize images at 640x459 pixels. In the past I used Fastone Photo Resizer for this and it allowed to resize images while maintaining images aspect ratio and using smart cropping to allow images not to be strecthed or squished.

In Photoshop however I am not able to replicate this. When I record and then run a resize action the image gets resized but often its proportions are altered to fit 640x459. I often then need to crop each image to 640x459 and then run the resize action.

I have tried recording two separate actions, one for cropping and one for resizing, but when I crop images with different resolutions Photoshop often runs a filling process that then alters the photo completely.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

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Conrad_C

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I am trying to create an action that allows me to batch resize images at 640x459 pixels. In the past I used Fastone Photo Resizer for this and it allowed to resize images while maintaining images aspect ratio and using smart cropping to allow images not to be strecthed or squished.
By @Valentina5CD5

Can you describe what Smart Cropping does? Like is it “smart” because it analyzes the image and figures out what content should be centered before it crops to an aspect ratio? If that’s what it does, I don’t think there is a comparable feature in Photoshop.

Would it be acceptable to just auto-crop from the center of each image, regardless of the content? If it is, there might be a way to achieve that in Photoshop.

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Valentina5CD5Author

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I can share a screenshot of how I used to setup Faststone for this kind of resizing, even though it's a completely different software than PS it might show what kind of preferences and settings I chose there. In Fastone, smart cropping is described as "resulting in exact same width and height".

When I crop images in PS at 640x459 I usually keep it at the center of the image so yeah I'm open to any suggestions you might have to incorporate that in the action, but so far whenever I recorded a cropping action PS then uses filling, which in Fastone is instead unticked (not sure if the two processes are similar though)

Conrad_C

Community Expert

Does the resize action use Image > Image Size? If so, that might be where the problem is.

Instead, try including File > Automate > Fit Image.

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Valentina5CD5Author

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Thank you SO much Conrad! I managed to record a new action using Fit image and that did the trick.

Wish you a good day

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